Mechanical toy



Feb. 24, 1931. F. J. GORIUP 1,793,480

MECHANICAL TOY Filed May 31, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 24, 1931.

F. J. GORIUP fiscHANIcAL. TOY

,Filed May 51. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 w ease Si FRANK comer, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYL ANIA. ASSIGNOR TO' woLvERIrm; SUPPLY e rmiwasoruerite,coirPANY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; A cor 409,267, filed in the United States Patented Feb. 24., 1931 i rea m-ion. or PENNSYLVANIA MECHANICAL TOY Application filed lrIay31, 1930. Serial No. 458,465.

This application is a continuation in part of my earlier patent application Serial No.

fice on November23, 1929.; Generally speaking. mynew toy is char acterized by the provision of a transfer element, preferably comprising the representationrof a human figure, such as an acrobatic clown, which 'is'moun'ted intermediate of its ends'to oscillate on a horizontal axis and is arranged to pick up an object or objects from a take-off position and g to transfer them to a deposit position.

Means are provided wherebythe objects v to be transferred are presented one at a time at the take-off position to the ment..

Means are alsoprovided for. disengaging the objects from the transfer element atthe deposit position.

One end of the transfer element is overweighted and its other end is provided with means for picking up an object.

In the. preferred embodiment of my invention the underweighted end of the transfer element is provided'with a magnet and. the objects which are to be transferred are made of magnetizable material.

Means are provided whereby the element may be locked with its overweighted end uppermost and the arrangement is such that when the element is released the underweighted end of the element is swung into the take-up position, picking up an object which is then, by the reverse swing of the element, transferred to and deposited at. the

deposit position.

. Means are also provided whereby, when there are no objects presented in the take-off position the transfer. element is automatically locked stationary with its overweightedend uppermost, but when an object is placed in the take-off position the element is unlocked. w

Other novel features of construction and following description. 7 p

In. the accompanying drawings wherein I have illustrated a practical embodiment of the principlesof my invention, Fig. 1 is a side arrangement of parts willfappear from the.

Patent Oftransfer elethe 111 6 14-14111 Fig/13. V 1

Referring first to Figs. 1' to 12, inclusive,

its overweighted end uppermost.

. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the toyand.

the transfer element in the same position.

3 is a detail partially in elevation and partially {in vertical section illustrating the lociriiign eehanism and itsrelease, and also illustrating the means for presenting the ob} ects singly in the take-01f position.

Fig. 4 isanother view of the same,

section.

Fig. 0 the locking mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a-detail in front elevation showa portion of the mechanism for presentng the ob eotssingly. 1

Fig. 7 IS a detail m side elevation showing the mounting of the object-chute on the frames.

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view showing the transfer element swung into its take-up posihaving deposited an object, the overweighted.

end of the element being uppermost.

Fig. 11 is a similar view showing the transfer element in the position of balance which it would assume if unlocked'and' with 'no object carried by the magnet. v,

Fig. 12 is a similar view showing the elenient in the position of balance which it would assume with one of the objects carried by the magnet. v

Fig. 13is a view similar to Fig. 1I'with one side frame removed and showing a modification. I

Fig. 14 is a horizontal section of the drawings, 1 represents a pair of parallel-and vertical side frames or plateslwhich are preferably of substantially the shape showii and which, rise from a base- 2. The plates are bent so that'th'eir upper portions is a detail in perspective showing being a partially in plan and partially in horizontal taken along are closer together than their lower portions.

3 represents across brace connecting the frames at the rear-and in ermediate of their height. 4: representsa flat JCTOJ. rshaped chute which is pivoted as by the rivets 5 its front end between theupper portion of the frames 1 and which may be swung for wardly and downwardly out of the way when the toy is packed, and which, when the toy' is to be used, is disposed in the forwardly and downwardly inclined position. shown in the drawings, the side walls of the chute being bowed outwardly and slotted to support the chute in operative position. Intermediate of their hcig it the flanies are provided with forwardly extending brackets 8 which are provided with horizontally alined hearing holes 9 in which are journaled-tlie ends of a horizontal shaft 10.

' '11 represents thetransfer eler it which is fined intermediate of its ends on the shaft 10.

One end of the element ll is overweightcd as by means of the weight The other end of the element is providedwith means for picking up objects to betransferred. Thus I have shown ahorseshee magnet 13 attached to the other end of the element. Mechanical means for picking up suitable objects may be substituted for the magnet, if desired.

In practice I have preferr d to employ a transfer element comprising the representation of a human figure, such as acrobatic clown, and the weight 12 is attached to the feet of the clown while the magnet 13 is at tached to the ends of the outstretched arms 14. The arms 14 are fixedly attached to the body of the figure.

In the embodiment shown the outer ends of the arms or hands of the figure are connected by a bridge piece 15 to which is soldered or otherwise fixed the central portion of a sheet metal clevis 16 whose ends are secured to the central portion of the magnet 13 as by the bolt 17. Thus there'is a certain amount of resiliency in the mounting of the magnet on the transfer element; The transfer element or clown may be hollow and formed of sheet metal.

18 represents a three-sided frame made by bending up a strip of metal and said frame is journaled on the shaft 10 and is fixed at its inner end to the transfer element 11 so as to oscillate in unison therewith. When the transfer element is in position with its overweighted end upwardly as shownin Figs. 1 and 2, the frame 18 is below the shaft, and when the overweighted end of the transfer element is below the frame is above the shaft.

19 represents a locking lever extending forwardly beneath the shaft 10 and having a notch 20 which may engage the frame 18 when the transfer element is in the position metal of the bracket 8. as at 6 to receive the tongues 7 cutin the tops of the frames 1, as best illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 6,

shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and thus lockthe 2 transfer element stationary in said position, that is, with its overweighted end uppermost. p

Intermediate of its ends the lever 19 is pivotally mounted as by the rivet 21 on the angular boxing 22 of a hand lever 23 whose lower end is pivotally attached as at 24 to the adjacent bracket 8. The rear'or tailend of the lever 19 rides on a finger 25'formed by cutting and striking in a portion of the the transfer element will swing clockwise and cause the magnet 13 to come into contact with an object presented at the front end of the chute 4;.

26 represents anangular bracket preferably formed of a' strip of resilient metaland mounted on thefront of the base 2. The bracket is narrow enough to permit the magnet 13 tostraddle and clear as the transfer element oscillates.

.27 represents the objects which are to be transferred fromthe chute 4, which is the take-off position, to the deposit position at the bracket 26.

Where the pick-up means of the transfer element is magnet,'the objects 27 are of magnetizable metal so that the magnet may pick them up and transfer them. Thus I have shown said objects to comprise a flat steel or iron disk' with a small figure mounted on the center thereof, the legs of the magnet '13 straddling the figure and contacting with the disk ject. Y

The operation of the toy as described so far, and as illustrated in the above mentioned 'views, is as follows. The clown is locked in the inverted position shown in Fig. 1 and a plurality. of the objects 27 are placed in order, as'shown on the chute 4;. The clown is now unlocked and the weight 12 causes the clown to swing in a clockwise direction from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 tothat shown in Fig. 8, the magnet 13 being pressed upon the front object'in the row arranged onthe chute 4. The clown then swingscountcrclock 'ise from the position shown .in Fi 8 into the position which forms the base of the obshown in Fig. 9. The inception of this re- Z its-clockwise'swing, I provide a cross bar 28 extending between the frames 1 and also I provide the central portion of the magnet with a bent spring-metal finger 29 which may be attached thereto by the bolt 17. The finger 29-strikes the cross bar 28 and causesthe clown to rebound sufficiently to carry the weight 12 over the center and thus a reverse or clockwise swing of the clown is instituted.

As the clown swings back into the position shown in Fig. 8 the magnet engages the next object 27 which has slid down into positionand a'counterclockwise swing-of the clown ensues. This oscillation of the clown continues until all the objects suspended in the chute at the take-01f position are removed'and deposited at the bracket 26.

To prevent the first object 2'7 from sliding off the front end of the'chute I provide a stop means which in the form now described is an upturned metal finger 30 formed ofthe metal of the chute.

To prevent the objects from overlapping or piling up on each other at the front end of the chute I provide a movable stop which engages the second object and holds it station ary until the first object has been removed, whereupon the second object is permitted to slide down against the finger 30. This movable stop 31 is provided by the upper end of a lever 32 loosely attached, as by pin and slot connection 33, with the side wall to the inner face of the adjacent frame 1. Thelower end of the lever 32 is pivotally connected at 34 to an intermediate portion of a lever 35 whose rear end is pivoted to the cross brace 3 and whose front end is provided with a yoke 36 which straddles the shaft 10 and the frame 18.

When the frame moves into position below the shaft 10, the lever 35 is swung downwardly, thus retracting the stop 31 from the chute floor and when the frame moves above the shaft 10 the finger is moved upwardly so as to temporarily hold back the second object 27.

Thus as the clown swings clockwise the stop 31 is moved into operative position, but as the clown swings counterclockwise, carrying the first object 27 with it the stop 31 is retracted, allowing the second object to slide down against the finger 30.

In practice I have employed such comparative weights of the ends of the transfer ele-- ment and clown that when no ob ect is adhering to the magnet and the transfer element is unlocked the element will assume substantially the position shown in Fig. 11, the weight 12 being below the magnet 13 and the line passing through the two ends of the clown being at an angle of substantially to the vertical. Again when an object 27 adheres to the magnet the transfer element is unlocked and allowed to come to rest 1t w1ll assume substantially the position illustrated in Fig. 12, the Weight 12 being somew'hat overbalanced by the magnet'13'and the o bject 27. 7

In Figs. 1a and 14. I have illustrated mam whereby when the transfer element is locke'd in its inoperative position with" its over- Weighted end uppermost and an object is placed on the chute in the take-0E position,

the transfer element .is automatically unlocked and set into operation, and again when the objects are all-exhausted or taken off from the chute by the transfer element, the 1 transfer" element is" again automatically locked in its inoperative position.

Thus 37 represents a projection which may be formed by cutting and pressing outwardly a portion of the material of the transfer element 11 at a point adjacent to theaXis of movement of said element and on the magnet 38 represents a notched side of the latter. locking lever which is arranged to engage the projection 37 when the element 11 is in the reverse position shown in Fig. 13 and thereby lock the element against movement.

The locking lever is bent at itsrear end to form a rectangular portion 39 which is pivotally mounted on a rod 40 supported'by one of the side frames 1 and a bracket Alextending forwardly from the cross brace3.

Attached to the rectangular portion 39 of the lever 38 is'a release finger 4:2.which extends upwardly through a slot43 in the front,

center'of the chute 4:. Theportion' 39 of the lever 38 is provided with arearwardly extending shelf 44' on which is mounted a weight 45, thus tending to hold the lever 38 in looking engagement with the projection 37 and also tending to hold the against the rear end of the" slot A3.

It is evident that if an object '27 movesdown the chute 4 into engagement with the finger 12 the locking lever 38 will be de pressed out of engagement with the "projection 37 and will be held so depressed, thus unlocking the transfer element andpermitcounterclockwise ting it to start 1ts swing,

in Fig. 13. As the front object is removedby the magnet the next" object will slide down along the chute against the finger 42, thus holding the lockinglever retracted. WVhcn the objects are all exhausted from the chute finger 4:2 i

4, the Weights t5-willcause the locking lever V to rise, thus locking the transfer element stationary as itswings back into the position. illustrated in Fig. 13. What I desire to claim-is 1. In a. mechanical toy, thecomb-ination of a transfer element mounted intermediate of to transferobjects of magnetizablemetal from a take-up position to deposit position at a lower level, one of the ends ofthe ele- .125 1ts ends tO'SWIIIg on a-horizontal axis so as 1 bytheotherfend of the element whereby the swinging element picks up the ob ects and its ends to swing on a horiz i al axis so as to transfer objects from tale-up position to a deposit position, one ofthe endsof said element being overhalanced, means carried by the other end of the element f r picking up an objeet,.andmeans for locking the element stationary withits overbalanced end upward. o V

3. In a mechanical toy,the combinationof a transfer element mounted intermediate of its ends to swing on horizontal axis so as to transfer objects from a take-up position to a de )osit osition one of the ends of said element being overlxalanced, means carried by the other end of theelement for picking up an object, means whereby when the obects arelexhausted from the take-up fposi tion-said element is -loc ked in position with lts overbalanced end upward, and means whereby the travel oi an object into the takeup position releases such locking means.

4. In a mechanical toy, the combination of a transfer element mounted intermediate of its ends to swing on a horizontal axis so as to transfer objects from a talreaip position to a deposit position, one of the ends of said element being overbalanced, means carried by the other end ofthe element for picking up an object, means whereby when the objects are exhausted from the take-up position said element is locked in position with its overbalanced end upward, and means whereby the presence of an object in the take-up position prevents the operation of the locking means.

5. In a mechanical toy, the combination of a transfer element mounted intermediate of swin ing element picks up the objects and transfers them to the deposit position, means for disengaging the objects from the magnet at the deposit position, and means for locking the element stationary withits overbalanced end upward. i

6. In a mechanical toy, the combination of a transfer element mounted intermediate of its ends to swing on a horizontal axis so as to transfer objects of'magnetizable metal from'a take-up position to a deposit position, one of the ends of the element being overbalanced, a magnet carried by the other end of the element whereby the swinging of May, 193

elementpicks up the objects and transfers them to the deposit position, means for. disengaging the objects from the magnet at the deposit position, means for locking the ele-. ment stationary with its overbalanced end upward when it completes a transfer movement, and means whereby an objectremainmg in the take-up position prevents such loekingmcans from operating.

Signed at Pittsburgh, Pa, this 28th day fFniinK aoonIUPi 

